Schools · Brownsville
Brownsville, TX schools
Kids attend one of 33 elementary schools through grade 5, then one of 11 middle schools and one of 7 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C
Brownsville’s School Grade: C
The public schools Brownsville’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 71% of Texas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
C-Test scoresC-Graduation
Texas school districts we grade (1,185)Better than 29%
Lower resultsHigher results
Texas towns with similar household incomes (640)Better than 28%
High confidence. Built on 18,034 tested students and a graduating class of 3,416; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Texas’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2019.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Texas only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Texas with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Brownsville kids go to school
Grades PK–5
33 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Brownsville Independent School DistrictGrades 6–8
11 middle schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Brownsville Independent School DistrictGrades 9–12
7 high schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Brownsville Independent School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
State test results
Math (grades PK–12, Brownsville Independent)20%
State average 36.5%
Math (Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent)34%
State average 36.5%
Graduation · class of 2019
92% graduate on time
Graduation rate
92%
TX: 90.2%
Graduating class
3,416
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Districts
Two districts serve Brownsville
Brownsville Independent School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 53 schools · 36,140 students
$14,406 per studentTX $12,815C-Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 14 schools · 10,357 students
$12,905 per studentTX $12,815C+Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges
Brownsville is home to Texas Southmost College
More about Texas Southmost College →Every school
All 85 schools in Brownsville
Showing 1–30 of 85 schools
Pullam ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 889 students
C-PublicCromack - Castaneda ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 823 students
C-PublicBenavides ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 818 students
C+PublicParedes ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 798 students
BPublicHudson ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 751 students
B-PublicIdea Riverview AcademyElementary · Grades K–5 · 714 students
B-CharterChampion ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 710 students
C-PublicIdea Brownsville AcademyElementary · Grades K–5 · 702 students
B+CharterIdea Robindale AcademyElementary · Grades K–5 · 699 students
C-CharterRancho Verde ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 696 students
A-PublicIdea Frontier AcademyElementary · Grades K–5 · 675 students
CCharterVermillion Road ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 654 students
DPublicBurns ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 651 students
C-PublicAiken ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 630 students
DPublicCanales ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 630 students
DPublicPerez ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 615 students
DPublicGonzalez ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 596 students
C-PublicIdea Sports Park AcademyElementary · Grades K–5 · 571 students
CharterOrtiz ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 564 students
APublicBryss AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 555 students
CCharterDora Romero ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 552 students
B-PublicJubilee Leadership AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 545 students
C-CharterOlmito ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 538 students
B+PublicKeller ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 537 students
DPublicDel Castillo - Morningside ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 526 students
DPublicYturria ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 526 students
B-PublicGarza at Southmost ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 524 students
DPublicEgly ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 520 students
DPublicBreeden ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 511 students
C+PublicHarmony Science Academy - BrownsvilleElementary · Grades PK–7 · 508 students
DCharterSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.